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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Sony
Salesrank: 203
Released: October 25, 2005 |
| Our Price: $6.22 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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The Christmas Collection Track Listing:
1. O Holy Night
2. White Christmas
3. Ave Maria
4. When a Child Is Born
5. Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)
6. Over the Rainbow
7. Panis Angelicus
8. Rejoice
9. Silent Night
10. Lord's Prayer
Editorial Review:
Japanese pressing includes Christmas card/poster with first pressing only. BMG. 2006.
Description of The Christmas Collection:
If you thrill to the soaring operatic voices of The Three Tenors (and imagine every Christmas comes with its own orchestral majesty), Il Divo has made this disc for you. The four GQ-handsome male singers were handpicked by American Idol's Simon Cowell for what seems to be their ability to sing opera and classical music with the hint of a pop sensibility. Their Christmas Collection features 10 standards (although the last time Santa looked, he wasn't quite sure "Over the Rainbow" and "The Lord's Prayer" were part of the Christmas canon). Still, it' hard not to imagine these emotionally stirring renditions as part and parcel of the reverential treatment the four finely sculpted voices bring to more exact seasonal fare such as "O Holy Night," "Ave Maria," "Panis Angelicus" and even "White Christmas." Dave Arch's predictable choral and orchestral arrangements are aimed right at the sweet spot where sophisticated church choir music and traditional classical music meet, with few surprises other than the dash of Irish folk music that colors "When A Child Is Born." In the end, for people who have never heard of Cowell and his cohosts (would Paula Abdul really have picked the tenor guy for this group?!), this collection will prove just as rewarding for them as the best-selling Idol records are for fans of the TV stars. --Martin Keller
The Christmas Collection Reviews:
Il Divo - The Christmas Collection 
2009-12-19 - The singing is terrific! However, one or two songs, in my mind, don't relate to Christmas. Anyway it's great!
I was expecting more... 
2009-11-24 - Although I like Il Divo, I was expecting more from this album. It is a good buy if you REALLY like them.
Fan of Il Divo 
2009-11-18 - I have been a fan of Il Divo since they were first discovered. I love the tenors harmonies and the Christmas songs are great. I'll be listening to them throughout the Christmas season.
Il Divo - The Christmas Collection
2009-11-01 -
Enjoyed this album very much. Will be one of my all time favorites.
The best singers around!
2009-08-12 - I just love the IL DIVO singers! I like their type of singing. Some is soft and gentle, and some is opera like.
